Muiris Prenderville

Muiris Prenderville talks about a lifetime spent involved with the GAA at all levels. He recalls playing hurling and football in his native Cork before moving to Dublin, where he worked in the civil service and played for the county hurling team, encountering people like Christy Ring and former Taoiseach Jack Lynch along the way. Muiris helped set up the Oliver Plunketts club in Dublin and he brought his civil service experience to bear on everything he did in an administrative capacity. He then discusses his work on the McNamee report and, later, inside Croke Park itself. He was determined to shake up the association in terms of its organisation, which he felt was not up to standard. This interview is a revealing account of the motivations behind the actions of man who had a lasting impact on the GAA in the 20th century.